This is an analysis of the poem Proletaria that begins with:

THE SUNNY rounds of Earth contain
An obverse to its Day, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd edeX fefX gggg hehe hdhd ihih hghg agag chch jkjk glgl bdcd gegd ghgh hkhk eeee baca dXdd lglg dmdmXgggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 101001 10110001 11000 01010100 110100 010100100 111101 01010101 110001 11000101 1001000 11111101 011101 10010001 010001 01011111 010101 1110101 1100101 0111001 010101 110101001 010111 01010101 011101 11110101 010011 11001001 110111 10010101 110001 10110111 110110 11000101 110101 11010111 010101 01010101 111101 11010100 111111 01000100 010101 11010101 010101 11101101 110101 11011101 100001 11110111 010101 11111101 0101001 01010100 011101 111101010 110101 111100010 110101 01111111 010101 01011101 1011101 01000101 0100011 11000111 0101001 11010101 110101 11000101 1100101 010111001 110001 10110100 010111 01010101 010100 010100010 111111 01001111 101111 10010101 110101 01010111 110101 11110101 001101 11010011 01001 01010111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 465
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Proletaria;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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